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Rwandese Republic
National name: Repubulika y'u Rwanda
President: Pasteur Bizimungu (1994)
Prime Minister: Pierre-Céléstin Rwigema (1995)
Area: 10,169 sq. mi. (26,340 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 8,154,933 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.94%); birth rate: 39.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 112.9/1000; density per sq. mi.: 802
Capital and largest city (1991): Kigali, 232,733
Monetary unit: Rwanda franc
Languages: Kinyarwanda, French, Swahili, English
Ethnicity/race: Hutu 80%, Tutsi 19%, Twa (Pygmoid) 1%
Religions: Roman Catholic, 56%; Protestant, 18%; Islam, 1%; Animist, 25%
Literacy rate: 50%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $5.5 billion; $690 per capita. Real growth rate: 10.5%. Inflation: 10%. Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 35%. Agriculture: coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock. Labor force: 3.6 million; agriculture 90%, government and services, industry and commerce. Industries: production of cement, processing of agricultural products, small-scale beverage production, manufacture of soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes. Natural resources: gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), natural gas, hydropower. Exports: $82.1 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.): coffee, tea, hides, tin ore. Imports: $326 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.): foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material. Major trading partners: Brazil, Germany, U.S., the Netherlands, U.K., Italy, Kenya, Tanzania, Belgium-Luxembourg.
